Stay for pan sets



April 1939- .1. G. JACKSON 2,153,757

STAY FOR PAN SETS Original Filed Feb. 25, 1957 INVENTOR.

Fig. 3. Joseph GJackson ATTORNEY.

Patented Apr. 11, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE STAY FOR PAN SETScorporation of Illinois Original application February 23,

1937, Serial No.

127,329. Divided and this application March 21, 1938, Serial No.

5 Claims.

This application is a division of copending application Serial No.127,329, filed February 23, 1937, and the invention forming the subjecthereof relates to stays to be interposed between the pans of a bakingpan set and has for its object the permanent mounting of the staybetween the pans of the set and the overcoming of any tendency of thestay to become loosened or to move relatively to the pans with which itcooperates.

With the above and other objects in View, as will be apparent, thisinvention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement ofparts, all as hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustratedin the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary plan view of a pan set disclosing the presentstay in position and coacting with the adjoining walls of adjacent pansof the set.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary bottom plan view of the present stayand its mounting.

Fig, 3 is a transverse section taken through the stay along line 3-3 ofFig. 2 to illustrate the mounting thereof and its cooperation with thepan elements.

Baking pan sets, consisting of a plurality of individual baking panssecured together in spaced, parallel relationship, usually embody staysor braces interposed between the adjoining walls of adjacent pans. Thesestays brace the walls of the pans with which they coact and maintain thealignment of the walls, prevent the bulging or bending of the wallsunder the pressure of the pan contents and generally strengthen andrigidify the set.

It has been found that the stays employed heretofore frequently loosen,sometimes becoming entirely disengaged from the coacting pan walls, andoften move longitudinally relative to the pans.

The present invention contemplates a brace or stay which, when once setin place between the adjoining walls of adjacent pans, is a permanentpart of the pan set structure, cannot become loosened or be disengagedfrom the coacting pans, and is incapable of moving longitudinally withreference to the pans of the set.

Reference being had more particularly to the drawing, Ill indicates aplurality of baking pans of any suitable shape, construction or form,positioned in spaced parallel relationship and incorporated into a setin any desired manner, preferably by a rectangular frame II surroundingthe entire group of pans I0, and resting flush against and secured tothe exposed walls thereof in any suitable manner. Since the particularconstruction of the several pans of the set and the means by which theyare combined into a set, forms no part of the present invention, it isunnecessary to more particularly describe the same. It is suflicient topoint out that the present stay can readily be applied to practicallyall types of pans and pan set constructions.

At the edges of the walls of the pans I are the flanges I2 which areusually bent downwardly about and substantially around the wires I 3lying against the pan walls adjoining their edges as shown in Fig. 3.

The stay comprises a relatively flat body I4 which is held against theunderside of the pan flanges I2 by means of a series of studs I5extended, swaged from or otherwise provided on each Wire I3 in alignmentwith the body I4 of the stay. These studs extend downwardly in avertical plane and pass and project through the end portions of the bodyof the stay near the ends thereof. The projecting ends of the studs I5below the bottom surface of the body I 4 of the stay, are headed orupset, as at I6, to firmly and rigidly attach the stay I4 to the wires I3.

It is apparent that the studs I5 permanently and fixedly secure the stayI4 to the wires I3 and that the stay is entirely incapable of becomingloosened or of moving relatively to the pans. Furthermore, the studs I5in passing through the flanges I2 of the pan walls, as shown in thedrawing, function to prevent the flanges from becoming disengaged orunwrapped from the cooperating wires.

What is claimed is:

l. The combination with a pair of spaced pans, each having a beadcontaining a wire on the adjoining walls thereof, of a stay interposedbetween said pans, and studs projecting from the wires in said beadstopass through the stay.

2. The combination with a pair of spaced pans, each having a beadcontaining a wire on the adjoining walls thereof, of a stay interposedbetween said pans, and studs projecting from the wires of the beads topass through the stays and provided with heads resting against thesurface of the stays.

3. The combination with a pair of spaced pans, each having a beadcontaining a wire on the adjoining walls thereof, of a stay interposedbetween said pans, and a series of studs formed integrally with each ofthe wires: within the beads, projecting downwardly from the wires topass through the end' portions of the stay and be upset against theopposite face thereof to said wires.

stay.

5. The combination with a pair-of spaced pans,

of flanges on the adjoining walls thereof, wires 7 wrapped in saidflanges to form outstanding beads, a stay interposed between said pans,and

a series of studs formed integrally with and projeoting downwardly fromsaid wires to pass through the flanges and the end portions of the stayand be upset against the face of the stay opposed to said wires.

JOSEPH G. JACKSON.

